Face
Spasmodic paralytic sensation in the upper and lower jaw, after lying down, in the evening (second day).
Mouth
Teeth. Sensation in the sound and lower molars of the right side, as if a foreign body, a knife had got between them and forced them asunder (after four hours). (Toothache early in the morning, upon waking), (fifth day). General Mouth. Scraping- burning sensation in the velum palati (first and third days).
Stitches near the right corner of the mouth (after fifteen hours). Saliva. Accumulation of white saliva, tasting like copper (second day). Frequent accumulation of water in the mouth (fifth day). Taste. Flat taste in the mouth, early in the morning, and white- coated tongue (second day). (Butter tastes too sweet). Bitterish, pungent taste in the mouth, during and after eating dry food, the food having its natural taste (third and following days). Bitter sour taste in the mouth, half an hour before dinner, afterwards the food has a natural taste (fifth day). Sweetish taste on the tip of the tongue, with accumulation of water (third and following days).
Throat
Accumulation of tenacious mucus in the throat (second day).
Increased secretion of mucus in the throat, the whole afternoon, he had to hawk frequently (second day). Increased secretion of tenacious mucus in the throat, in the evening, for several evenings (third, fourth, and seventh days). Roughness and tenacious mucus in the throat (first day). Scraping-burning sensation in the throat, increased during an inspiration and by the smoke of tobacco (after half an hour). Spasmodic feeling in the pharynx and oesophagus, ascending, soon.
Stomach
Appetite and Thirst. Feeling of hunger and rumbling in the stomach, early in the morning (second day). Increased thirst, in the afternoon, for several days. Eructations. Several eructations (first day). Frequent eructations before breakfast, after taking the dose (second day). Frequent eructations and great hunger, before dinner, still he eats less than usual (third day). Empty rising (second day). Frequent eructations, in the evening (seventh day). Hiccough. Hiccough four hours after dinner (first day). Hiccough (third day). Nausea. Nausea, drowsiness (after three hours). Nausea in the afternoon, sometimes with headache (second day). Nausea in the evening, pressure upon the sternum, and labored breathing; he fetches breath frequently and sometimes very deeply, as if he could not take in a sufficient quantity of air (fifth day).
Nausea in the evening, especially when smoking tobacco as usual, relieved by eating (sixth day) better Nausea in the evening, pressure upon the sternum, and labored breathing; he frequently takes a deep breath, and he feels nevertheless as if he could not take in a sufficient quantity of air (ninth day). Nausea and eructations, towards noon (twelfth day).
Transient nausea (after one hour). Stomach. Pressure in the pit of the stomach (after half an hour). Painful soreness in the pit of the stomach, when touched (second, and following days).
Burning-sore pressure in the pit of the stomach (after two hours). Violent burning in the region of the cardiac orifice of the stomach, with great anxiety about the heart.
Abdomen
Hypochondria. Pain in both hypochondria, accompanied by painfulness of these region when touched (third day). In the evening, both hypochondria and the lowest ribs in the chest feel painful, as if bruised (eighth day). Periodical pulsations in the left hypochondrium (second to sixth days). Umbilicus and Sides. Violent colic; drawing and pinching below and around the umbilicus, in the evening, while going to bed and moving about (second day). Colic around the umbilicus, whence a coldness ascends her back and arms (after two hours). Violent pinching in the umbilical region, while walking, at noon (after seven hours, and on thirteenth day). After dinner, pinching below the umbilicus, with sensation as if the bowels would fall out; the pinching spread to the right and left side of the abdomen, in the shape of a drawing-aching pain; it then rose to the pit of the stomach (after eight hours). When standing, he feels a pressure in the right side of the abdomen, deep in the region of the liver, increased pressure (after two hours).
Stitching, with pressure, in the right side of the abdomen, in the region of the last true rib (liver?), arresting the breathing, with stitches and pressure on the top of the right shoulder, when walking, after having been seated (third, and following days). Immediately after supper, he feels a sore pain and stitches in the left side of the abdomen (after twelve hours). Pain in the left side of the abdomen, in the morning (eighth day). Stitches in the left side of the abdomen, in the forenoon, when walking (second day). General Abdomen.
Frequent emission of fetid flatus (fifth day). Rumbling and movements in the abdomen. Slight movements and rumbling in the abdomen, in the evening, when lying down (first day).
Colic and rumbling in the abdomen in the evening after lying down (first day). When walking, he feels constantly a subdued colic in the whole tract of the intestines; they are painful when pressing upon the integuments of the abdomen (after ten hours). Now concealed, now sharp colic and pinching, with some burning sore feeling below the umbilicus, sometimes accompanied with stitches in the side of the abdomen; at the same time the intestines are painful, as if there were subcutaneous ulceration, when pressing with the hand upon the abdomen (second day). The whole day he feels a subdued pinching colic, sometimes alternating with pain in the chest (third day). Colic, followed by an evacuation (after five hours). Sensitiveness of the intestines, when walking, and dull pain (eighth day). When pressing with the abdomen against the sharp edge of a table, the intestines feel painful, as if there were subcutaneous ulceration, followed by a colicky pinching below the umbilicus (after nine hours). Jerking in the abdomen and arm (after twelve hours). Immediately after dinner, he feels violent stitches from the left lumbar region transversely through the abdomen, especially below the umbilicus and towards the right groin (second day). Hypogastrium. Pinching in the hypogastrium, followed by emission of flatus. Pinching in the hypogastrium, shortly after a meal (after six hours).
During the pinching in the abdomen, both groins and the pit of the stomach are painful when touched (after eight hours). Pain deep in the hypogastrium (seventh day). About two hours after supper, he feels a pinching deep in the hypogastrium, for several evenings in succession, (third to fifth days). When stretching the body, he feels a pain from the spinous process of the right ilium to the flank (after nine hours). Violent stitches near the anterior superior spinous process of the ilium in the groin, when walking.
Rectum & Anus
(Profusely flowing hemorrhoids). Stitches in the anus (after twelve hours).
Stool
Two evacuations daily instead of one, as usual; for many days.
The alvine evacuations take place more frequently and easily (first day). After several urgings, he has a hard stool, in the morning, and a natural one in the afternoon, for several days.
The stools, which had been soft heretofore, became hard and more scanty, dark-brown (second, and following days). Stools very hard and painless, although apparently larger in size that the anus (third day). Stools delayed and hard (fifth day). The stools delayed every day for eight days past, and are very hard (in one who had regular and soft evacuations), (eleventh day).
Sexual Organs
Male. Frequent erections towards morning, and dizziness in the head (second day). Nocturnal emission and slight erections (first night), Emissions towards morning (second day). Female. Increase of leucorrhoea; having been mild at first, it now becomes acrid and corrosive (second day).
Respiratory Organs
The pain in the chest is accompanied with some cough (seventh day). Heavy, short breathing, in the evening; he has to take a deep breath frequently, with burning and fine stitches in the felt side of the chest (seventh day).
Chest
Oppression of the chest (after half an hour). Oppression of the chest, with much weeping, in the evening, and sore pain in the eyes, especially the right (third day). Oppressive sensation in the chest, as after deep chagrin; he had to take a deep breath frequently; continuing the whole evening (fifth day). Oppression of the chest when walking and going up hill. In the evening when walking or standing, in the open air and in the room, he experiences a pressure and tightness across the lower part of the chest, with fine stitches, which seem to be felt in the outer parts of the chest first, but then extend deep into the chest, now in the right, now in the left side of the chest; increased by moving, stooping, or taking an inspiration (eighth day). Pain and oppression of the chest (soon). Pressing-dragging pain in the chest for many days; it is rather external, and only impedes the breathing when walking.
Born in 1837in Westminster, Vermont. . He was an orthodox doctor who converted to homeopathy
Dr. Allen compiled the Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica over the course of 10 years.
In 1881 Allen published A Critical Revision of the Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica.